Monday, April 24, 2017

The Winds of Change Are Blowing on West Erie Avenue

Vintage postcard of the Beachcomber Motel, later known as Erieview Motel

A lot of changes have taken place recently on a short stretch of West Erie Avenue just west of Leavitt Road.

First of all, the long-awaited demolition of the Erieview Motel (originally the Beachcomber) happened a few days ago.

(The Morning Journal’s coverage of the demolition included a link to my blog, as well as some quotes of mine from back in 2015 in which I criticized the city for how quickly it dubbed the West Erie Avenue motels nuisances that needed to be demolished. I groaned when I read my opinions in the article, as it reminded me of how I was beat up because of them on the blog back then.)

Just a little bit to the east of the steaming pile of motel rubble is the former Castle Restaurant. Since 2014, it had been doing business as Castillo Mexicano. Along with a recent change in management, the restaurant now has a new name: Papasitos & Beer Mexican Grill. I wish the new restaurant team well.

Lastly, a little bit further to the east, the Morning Journal has moved into the building that was home to various restaurants, as well as the former McDonald’s.

I first noticed the Morning Journal sign there a week ago and did a double-take.

If you email me directly at danielebrady@hotmail.com I will reply and send you the biggest image I have for that front page article that ran as part of the series on Jim Lyons. As you can see that particular front page was of poor quality but hopefully a larger version will be readable for you.